"Since Bei took charge of Yizhou, he has been busy with the government and has never been with you like this, and now the families of the civil and military forces in Jingzhou have also come to Yizhou at the end of this year, and the family can be reunited, which is a day of great joy. I'm going to have a good drink with you today, and I'm going to fill this cup with you! ”

Liu Bei said this, held the wine bottle in his hand, and motioned for everyone to drink.

"Thank you, my lord!" The Chinese martial artists of the hall raised their wine glasses one after another and drank them all.

The attendant on one side gave Liu Bei another bottle.

Liu Bei raised the wine bottle again, and said: "Now the Han family is declining, and the gang is often lost, Cao Cao's name is Han Xiang, but he is actually a Han thief, and I am a Han man, and I have reached the autumn of critical survival.

Now that Bei is in charge of Jing and Yi Erzhou, he will take this as the base, gather the loyal ministers and righteous people of the two states, and fight against the heavens, and hope that you can abandon the past suspicions, unite sincerely, and help Bei complete the great task of reviving the Han Dynasty.

Come, I would like to give you another drink! ”

"We will do our best for the Lord to complete the great cause of reviving the Han Dynasty."

Everyone spoke in unison, and once again drank the wine in their glasses.

Liu Bei raised his glass again and said, "This third glass of wine, now that the end of the year is approaching, I will bless you in advance with this bottle of wine!" ”

"I'm waiting to thank my lord!"

After three glasses of wine, Liu Bei put down the wine bottle and said, "Everyone, drink yourself, be sure to drink today, drink freely!" ”

His Royal Highness Zhang Fei couldn't bear it for a long time, the wine bottle used was only a small sip of wine at a time, how to drink too much, after listening to Liu Bei's words, he said: "If you want to drink freely, change it for me!" Zhonghu, I heard that you fought with my second brother in Xiangyang for a hundred rounds without winning or losing, and I served you in martial arts, but I don't know how much alcohol this drinks? Do you dare to have a drink with me Zhang Fei? ”

"Haha, willing to accompany!" Lin Xiao laughed when he heard this.

Zhang Fei smiled, slapped the table and said: "That's good, come on, come on, Meng Qi, Han Sheng, Wen Chang, a few of us will not get drunk today, and we will change the big lamp!" ”

"Oh? Meng Qi? Liu Chan, who was sitting next to Liu Bei, listened to Liu Bei's words and looked towards the bottom of the hall.

At this moment, His Royal Highness is doing it in a civil and military manner, not in a way that sits in a way.

On the left sat the civil officials of Jingyi Erzhou, and on the right sat the military generals of Jingyi Erzhou.

Zhang Fei sat in the first position on the right, followed by Ma Chao, Zhao Yun, Yang Huai, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Lin Xiao, Gao Pei, Liu Yu, etc.

Liu Chan looked at Ma Chao, Ma Chao was born in 176 AD, only to see that he was born eight feet tall, with a face like a crown of jade, eyes like stars, a tiger body and ape arms, a wolf waist, a thin waist and wide arms, and a heroic spirit.

Although Ma Chao is now thirty-eight years old, he is not confused, but his face is white and beardless, if he doesn't know Ma Chao, where can he see that he is in his thirties, and he thinks he is a young man in his twenties.

Liu Bei, who was on the side, drank a glass of wine, looked at Liu Chan and asked, "Adou, how have you studied in the past two years?" ”

"Adou?"

"Huh? What did the father say? Liu Chan came back to his senses and hurriedly asked.

Liu Bei frowned and said, "Let me ask you how your studies have been recently!" What do you look at so fascinating? ”

"The average scripture child has finished studying, and now he is learning the art of war, and he also finds time to read some ancient books every day, but he has not dabbled too deeply." Liu Chan answered Liu Bei's question first, and then pointed to Ma Chao, who was under Zhang Fei's head, and asked Liu Bei: "Is the third uncle below Xiliang Jin Ma Chao, it is really heroic and extraordinary." ”

"Haha, my son is really talented, Xun Lingjun has meritorious teaching and learning the art of war? It's good to learn the art of war, and the man should take the world immediately! Tomorrow I'm going to take the school exam and see how well you learn! Liu Bei laughed when he heard this.

Immediately, he also answered Liu Chan's question, "Yes, this person is Ma Chao, his martial arts are no worse than your third uncle, and it took a lot of effort for his father to subdue him." ”

Liu Chan arched his hand and said: "Congratulations to my father for winning this general, Ma Chao has great prestige in Xiliang and Xiqiang. ”

"Hmm!" Looking at the military generals gathered in the hall of His Royal Highness, Liu Bei nodded with satisfaction and said, "I have been raising troops for my father for more than 30 years, and I have never been so happy. Thinking that under the command of Cao Thief, the top generals are only Xu Chu, and the rest of Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and other generals are still not far behind Xu Chu, but under the command of his father, there are Yun Chang, Yide, Zilong, Meng Qi, Han Sheng, oh, and Lin Xiao who you subdued, so many top generals, it is really the favor of God. ”

Liu Chan's expression moved, and said: "Although there are many top generals under my father's command, they are talented in leading the army, but the second uncle, Ma Chao and others, and Cao Cao's command, the five good generals, and the eight tiger generals, all have the talent of leading the army, although these people are brave, but compared with these leading generals, there is a big gap." I don't know what kind of leadership talent my father has gained when he won Yizhou? ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he sighed and said: "I don't want my son to have such knowledge, among the generals in Yizhou, Yang Huai, Liu Su, Zhang Ren and others all have the talent to lead the army, but Yang Huai and Liu Yu only have the ability to lead the division to fight, and they can't be alone." Although Zhang Ren has great talent, he refuses to surrender. ”

Liu Chan hurriedly asked, "Zhang Ren refuses to surrender?" Didn't my father go and invite him personally? ”

Liu Bei shook his head helplessly and said, "Why didn't you go?" I just won't! ”

Liu Bei's expression moved, and he said: "I heard Kong Ming say that he couldn't convince Xun Lingjun at the beginning, but you persuaded him, I think you also have some experience in this area, why don't you try it?" ”

"This ......" Liu Chan scratched his scalp and said: "The father went in person and returned in vain, and the child went, but I am afraid that it will be the same, but for the sake of the father, the child is willing to hit a wall." But if it doesn't work, please don't blame me. ”

"How can I blame you for being a father?" Liu Bei shook his head and said: "If it doesn't work, it's enough, if it succeeds, there is one more important thing for you to do for your father!" ”

"Big deal?" Liu Chan hurriedly asked, "I don't know what's the big deal?" ”

"A great event that is good for your reputation!" Liu Bei shook his head and said, "I can't tell you for the time being, don't be ambitious, when the matter is done, my father will tell you."

By the way, Shi Yuan wrote to me, saying that you are young and intelligent, and your intelligence is no different from that of an adult, and he communicates with you with the mentality of an adult! I don't want this to be the case, so if you can get by in your studies tomorrow, you will follow your father to learn governance in the future! ”

Liu Chan was overjoyed when he heard this: "No! ”

Let Liu Chan follow him to learn governance, this is Liu Bei's affirmation of Liu Chan's status.

Bringing Liu Chan into the core power circle in advance, Liu Bei was also helpless.